Creative Process

Hello all, and Happy Spring! Today is the day the Sun Serpent returns to Chichen Itza, the Great Sphinx gazes into the sunrise, and the sun crowns Angkor Wat.

And, after a particularly cathartic break, today is the day I return to my studio.

[Read more…] about The Sun Shines

Not long ago I wrote about making the leap and Master Plans. For creative people, “making the leap” is one of the biggest stomach-wrenching, knot-twisting, life-altering decisions they can make. 

But this post isn’t about that. It’s about something just as valuable that gets far less attention:

It’s about The Lift.

[Read more…] about The Lift and The Leap

A warm bath by candlelight

A hike through the woods on a crisp winter morning

[Read more…] about How to Spell Self Care

After a recent string of stressful situations, I’ve found my creative work shifting. There are lots of reasons for this – supply chain issues, markets that have collapsed and aren’t fully rebounding, and recent health challenges, to name a few. I can’t change the larger forces, but I can – and need – to shift how and where I spend my time and earn my living.

[Read more…] about Write Yourself A Resignation Letter

I was recently talking with someone pondering a life transition. I’m thinking of starting a business, she mused. I hear you need to have four income streams to really make it work… She furrowed her brow and looked at me for validation.

No, I told her. You need to dream. 

[Read more…] about Order of Operations

I’ve written about phenology before; today I want to talk about the seasons of creativity. It’s a New Year’s tradition of mine to take a bit of January to do some planning and goal setting. Some years it happens right at the turn of the calendar; other years it takes me a week or three to find the time. 

[Read more…] about Season to Dream